Universal motor.



J. BURKE.

UNIVERSAL MOTOR.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1909.

1,053,940. Patented Feb. 13,1913.

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J. BURKE.

UNIVERSAL MOTOR.

APPLIOATIONI'ILED SEPT. 9,-1909.

1,053,940.. Patented Feb. 18,1913.

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UNIVERSAL MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1909 1,053,940, Patented Feb. 18, 1913/ 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

. 1W lncoom: m (Jwvc H/IOZ/ v JAMES BURKE, OF ERIE,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

TO BURKE ELECTRIC COMPANY,

UNIVERSAL MOTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 18,1913.

Application filed September 9, 1909. Serial No. 516,898.

which the following is a full, clear, and ex act specification.

This invention relates to electric motors,

and more particularly relates to an electric motor which is adapted to be actuated by either single phase alternating currents or direct currents, and to a method of varying the speed and changing the direction of rotation of the motor when supplied with alternating current of the same voltage.

It. has heretofore been proposed to employ series motors of the direct current type in connection with a single phase alternating current for generating power. However, such prior devices have not been suc cessful to any such degree as to render them commercially satisfactory. Such prior motors may be grouped into two classes, the first class embodying motors which, on account of inherent defects, such asdifliculties in regulation, injurious sparking of the brushes, excessive heating and low efficiencies, are of practically no commercial value; the second class comprising those motors which necessitate additional parts, such as high resistance leads in the armature windings, complicated auxiliary windings in the field, extra brushes or sets of brushes, and, the like, render the cost of materials and of assembling the complete motor-prohibitive for general commercial use, and at best are not well adapted for ordinary commercial conditions. Furthermore, all such prior motors, so far as I am aware, are incapable of yielding the same speed of rotation for either a single phase alternating current or a direct current under conditions of substantially the same impressed potential and equal loads.

According to my invention, my motor is capable of being actuated either by single phase alternating current or by direct current of the same applied voltage, and is capable of giving the same speed under either current. Thus, one of my motors may be applied to any commercial alternating or direct current circuit without the use of any accessory apparatus ,or any change alternating poles being of opposite and by avoiding pole projections,

the stator coreof adjustment by simply applying the alternating or direct current voltage to its terminals, and will in either case give the same speed and high torque; my motor is capable of being operated at a high efliciency for either character of current, and may be readily regulated without auxiliary devices. Furthermore, my motor is free from'all injurious sparking of the brushes and all excessive. heating and requires no additional parts, such as resistance leads, auxiliary field windings, or extra brushes. The above highly advantageous results attained by my motor, are substantially independent of the number of cycles of the single phase alternating current.

A salient feature of my arrangement and 7 construction, which is of that under conditions'of the same applied potential and equal load, substantially the same speed of rotation is attained when said motor is supplied by a single phase alternating current or by a direct current, and at substantially the maximum efficiency for either character of current.

- My preferred form of motor is provided with distributed poles in the stator, the polarity, I obtain a uniform air gap between and the rotor core. In my motor the number of rotor turns are high relatively to the stator turns, being, in fact, preferably twice the number of stator turns; these turnsare connected by the commutator bars in continuous series as a distributed winding and great utility, is.

each brush spans two commutator bars, thus short-circuiting a portion of the Winding under the brush and in parallel for the rotor current; moreover, the number of poles are not commensurable with the number of slots carrying rot-or coils, there being, for example, twenty-two rotor slots and six stator or field magnetpoles, thus providing a region in which the flux through the rotor is not sharply defined with' reference to its coils; moreover,

the field winding is distributed in a stator having twenty-four slots, the stator coils being placed so that salient neutral core projections lie between consecutive poles. These structural features prevent the sharp variations of electromotive force which are further reduced by the rotor slots lying at providing two paths winding ofmy motor is serieswound,.each

.speed under applied alternating current or cuits whether alternating or direct with equivalent results.

Other features of my invention may description and the accompanying drawings, in which View on the line '2-'2 of V I 3' is a diagrammatic development of' the specific dimensions asa whole, or as regards the several parts,- nor'tomaterials and rela- 55 v I described embodies the several principles of my invention in the best form which Lhave comprises a laminated core 2of'1nagnetic of core 2 are provided near their periphery to form slots, which, in the present instance, .are'twenty-twoi in number, and in which are mounted, the insulated conductors 5, constituting the coils of the armature winding.

at l. The lamina.

an angle to the axis of rotation and to the with openings at or plane of the field magnet poles. llhe-a'ggregate'result of this structure is to permit an unusually wide range of brush posit-ion without sparking.

My invention further provides for a definite brush position rendered possible by the structure above referred to which not only permits wide variation of speed with different brush adjustments, but admits of a certain definitebrush adjustment at which the motor will run with large-torque at th'esame the windings of one coil at the end of said slot passing in one direction and thewmdings of the second c011 at the ends Of'StHd clearly shown in Fig. 4. In the present instance, one coil passes from the first-slot to the fourth slot, and the second coil passes an equal number of slots in the'opposite direction, namely, from the first slot to the direct current of the same voltage; this is a distinctively new feature in motor operation and oneof great industrial advantage as it permits the same motor to be applied without any change whatever to commercial cirthus completing the arrangement of armature windings to be connected to form a series-wound armature. The winding diagram o-fthe rotor is clearly illustrated in 'Fig. 4:, which shows also the circuit relations -of the rotor andstator.

As shown in Fig. 1, the slots in the armature core are'disposed at a suitable angle to .the axis of the armature core,'wh'ich angle More specifically, the stator of mymotor embodies a plurality of coils disposed in slots in a laminated field frame, the rotor embodying a plurality of coils. similarly disposed in slots in the-laminated rotor core, said stator coils and said rotor coils being connected in series by means of a commutating device andsuitable'brushes. The rotor one stator tooth. his slant in the rotor core slots in relation to the field gives such uniform relationship as to assist in per-' mitting a large range of flexibility in brush' position: without injurious.sparking because of the gradual entrance of the rotor teeth into the fields of the stator, and thus assists in securing uniform action with either direct or alternating currents.

'It'is apparent that the core teeth will slot containing parts of two coils of many turns each, the armature having two circuits from one brush to the other each being equal in number of turns to the stator turns. The width of the brushes is suchas commutator,

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poles, and thereby less sudden reactions of the rot-orand stator fluxes will result, preventing steep peaks of E. M. F. and therefore widening the area of brush adjustment without the production of excessive sparking or heating at the commutator.

In the specific motor illustrated, the stator 6 comprises. a laminated frame 7 ofmagnetic material of unifornr'in'ner diam-- eter, the core being built upof thin plates or laminae "properly assembled said plates being provided with openings at or near more fully understood from the following Figure l is a view showing the stator. and frame in central. vertical section, the rotor, commutator and brush elements being shown inelevation; Fig. 2 is a sectional Fig. 1; and Fig.

stato r w inding and connectionsbetween the sameand the brushes'and terminals of the motor; Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view of'the' motorwindings. Q I g My invention is. notlimited to motors of in the present instance, are twenty-four in number. The insulated windings of the stator are mountedin said stator slots, as .indicated in Fig. 3, toform two groups, each group comprising three pairs of-seriesconnected -coils,'the coils being represented by the heavier lines. coils, the windings of one'coil, having a suflicient number of turns, may be placed in a first slot and a third slot, .the windings of the othercoil' of the second slot and a'fourth slot. The-conned, vtions .(indicated' by lighterjlines) between theseveral pairs'fof coils in both groups is tive' arrangements; the motor hereinafter thus'farbeen able ,to design, but in presenting these several features, I- do notintend thereby to limit j the scope of my inventionp shown in-the drawings,.'the rotor 1 material, said corefbeing fixedly mounted ona shaft. 3, the commutator being shown! in the instance cited, is sufiicient to bridge pair being placed in a g...

Each slot contains windings of two coils,

slot passing in the opposite direction as is twentieth slot, and so on around the core;

have an oblique approach to any of the field ,theirinner periphery to form slots, which,

Taking'any pair of such as to give rise to alternate poles of reverse polarity, that is, in the'present instance, a series of three form a north and three form a south pole and a stator tooth of neutral polarity will lie between said north and south poles. As will be evident from Figs. 2 and 3, the mot-or shown in the drawing has six field poles spaced at equal angles and produced by six groups of coils; as the stator has twenty-four teeth there will be six poles of three teeth each and six neutral teeth in which latter a weak distributed polar region will exist. Current is led to the commutator by two brushes 180 apart. Assuming a certain direction of current supply, the arrows indicate the path of the current. One terminal of each grou of stator coils is brought out and connecte to one terminal of the motor; in the present instance, the terminal 10 may be connected to .one supply main, the terminal 11 being connected to the other supply main. The other terminals 12 and let are brought out and connected to the two brushes respectively to give a pro er series connection of rotor and field win ings.

I have found that the relationship of the number of armature turns to the number of stator turns is of great importance in attaining the objects of my invention, and that. the armature turns should largely exceed the stator turns, and in my preferred form the armature turns are approximately twice the stator turns.

In the form of motor as described, and with the brushes placed in the neutral position, the speed of the motor when supplied with direct current is very largely in excess of the speed when alternating currentis supplied of substantially the same voltage. If, however, the brushes be shifted backward as regards direction of rotation, the speed with direct current increases only slightly, and the speed with alternating current increases a comparatively large amount. Further backward shifting of the brushes similarly causes comparatively slight increase in speed with use of direct current, and a comparatively large amount with use of alternating current, until at a certain angle of retardation .the speed will be substantially the same with either form of current with the same torque. In the form of motor particularly described above, the brush position, when substantially the same speed is obtained with either form of current, is at an angle of retardation of approximately fiftyfive electrical degrees back of the neutral brushposition, and substantially maximum efliciency is obtained in either case. In any of these brush positions, no injurious sparking occurs, and with proper position, as-

above explained, the motor may be used as a universal motor, the brushes belng fixed at that point giving the same speed with either direct or alternating current of sub stantially the same voltage and with the same torque. The speed and the efficiency is also substantially independent of the frequency of the alternating current. If desired, the brushes may be initially set in this position when the motor will run at the same speed on commercial circuits carrying either alternating or direct current. lVith this form of motor, it will be seen thatwhen used as an alternating current motor, the speed may be controlled as desired by merely shifting the brushes to a position corre-' sponding with the desired speed, and that I thus secure a variable speed alternating current motor without the necessity of any auxiliary apparatus. At the usual position of highest speed and power of the motor when alternating current is used, a further backward movement results in a reduction of speed with an increase of current until at a brush position of ninety electrical degrees from the mechanical neutral point, the armature would be at rest, but with a very large current flowing and the motor would form practically a short circuit upon the line which would of course damage the motor. If, however, the brushes are moved from the position of highest speed and work in the same direction of rotation as the motor, the speed is reduced and the current consumption is also reduced, so that at a position of ninety electrical degrees in the forward direction from the mechanical neutral the motor comes to rest and an extremely small current flows through the motor due to the-combining of the armature and stator field to present maximum selfinduction. Still further movement of the brushes in the same direction results in the reversal of direction of rotation of the motor, so that continuing the movement of the brushes in the same direction now becomes a backward movement with reference to the rotation of the motor. If the direction of the brush movement be now continued in. the same direction as before, but against the reverse movement of the motor, the speed will gradually increase until a position is reached where the speed and power become the same as at the original starting position referred to, but with the direction of rotation of the motor reversed. It will thus be understood that with the form of motor above described, the same is capable of extreme variations in speed in botl directions whenan alternating'current is used and that the reversal of rotation is obtainable by merely shifting the brushes withoutthe necessity of opening the motor circuit and without abnormal current flow or damage to the motor. In general, the complete reversal from any speed and power in one direction to the same speed and power with the motor reversed is accomplished bymovform, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, and.

ing the brushes through the sum of one hundred and'eighty degrees plus twice the angle of retardation.

It is import-ant in this form ofmotor that all parts be rigidly supported and ample ventilation be obtained. I provide for this.

purpose a casing 20, which is of rectangular which envelops the circular exterior of the stator frame. The casing is provided with large openings for securing ventilation, and engages the exterior of the stator frame only on four lines of contact,.the laminae of the stator being fixed to the casing by two screws 24. I mount the two brushes 15 on an annular ring 21, which is rotatably V mounted on the stubj22 of the removable end ment of my invention, yet my invention may be embodied in other forms of construction, and have other relationships than those particularly described.

Having thus described my invention, I declare that what I claim'a-s new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a commutator type of electric motor, the combination of a toothed stator having a winding producing distributed poles with intervening po'lar teeth of neutral polarity, and an armature connected in series with the winding of the stator and having a much greater number of turns, the armature windings being inclined to the armature axis, a commutator, and brushes displaced a large amount back of the neutral position to a point .where the speed curves under applied alternating or. direct current ,of the same voltage approach coincidence, whereby the motor may be operated efiiciently under alternating or direct current of the same voltage.

2. In an electric motor for alternating or direct current, the combination ofa toothed stator having a winding producing distributed poles with intervening neutral pole teeth, an armature, the armature and stator slots .having an incommensurable relation, a commutator, and brushes bridging more than one commutator bar, said brushes being displaced a large amount back of the neutral position to a point where the speed curves under applied alternating or direct current of the same voltage approach eoin-i cidence, for securing approximately the same speed and torque under said alternating or direct current.

' 3. In an electric'motor, the combinationof a stationary field magnet having windings, an armature carrying a winding, a commutator, the field and armature wlndings being connected in series relation, the field poles having intervening pole teeth of low magnetization, and brushes displacedback of the neutralposition to a, point where the speed curves under applied alternating or direct current of the same voltage approach coincidence, whereby approximately the same torque and speed are maintained under either of said currents.

4:. In an electric motor, the combination of a stator having distributed windings, a

commutator, a series wound armature having the conductors inclined with respect to the armature axis, the number of armature turns being largely in excess of the number. of statorturns, the field slots being incommensurable with the armature slots, and brushes located back of the neutral position by an amount determined by approximate coincidence of the speed curves under alternating or direct current of the same voltage, whereby approximately the same speed and torque are maintained with either current.

5. In an alternating current motor, the combination of a stator having distributed windings, a toothed armature havlng lts windings connected in series with the stator winding, a commutator, the number of armature turns being largely in excess of stator turns,-and two brushes each bridging more than one commutator bar adjusted to a line of commutation where the speed curves un der alternating or direct current of the same voltage approach coincidence, whereby approximately the same speed and torque are maintained under either current.

6. A combined alternating and direct current motor, provided with distributed windings to produce cooperative poles in the two members, the field poles having intervening polar projections of low magnetization, said motor having its brushes located at a point rearward of the neutral point for direct current by an amount determined by approximate coincidence of the speed curves .under the same alternating or direct current voltage applied to the motor terminals.

7 A combined alternating and direct current motor, provided with a winding on each of its two members, the interior winding having a large number of turns relatively to the exterior winding,a commutator rovided with brushes set in a positi n w ere the speed curves under a definite alternating and direct current voltage applied to themotor terminals are in approximate coincideuce.

8. A combined alternating and direct current motor, provided -with a commutator and windings to produce cooperative poles in its two members, the field oles having intervening salientpole teeth 0 f neutral polarity, the interior winding having a large number of turns relatively to the exterior winding, a commutator, and brushes therefor set at a point in which the speed curves under a plied alternating or direct current of definlte voltage approximate coincidence.

9. A combined alternating and direct current motor, provided with a commutator and distributed windings to produce cooperative poles on its two members, brushes bearing on the commutator located at a point where the speed curves under definite applied alternating or direct current voltage approach coincidence, said brushes spanning two commutator bars to short circuit a coil.

10. A combined alternating and direct current motor, provided with a stator having a winding producing distributed poles, a rotor'having its core slots lying at. an angle to the shaft, the rotor having a large number of turns relatively to the stator, a commutator, and brushes applied thereto set at a point of approximate coincidence of the motor speed curves underapplied alter-, nating or direct current of the same voltage.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

J AMES BURKE.

lVitnesses:

L. K. SAGER, GEO. N. KERR. 

